2020–21 RCD Mallorca season
# 2020–21 RCD Mallorca season

The 2020–21 RCD Mallorca season was the club's 87th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Mallorca participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Season overview

### August

On 4 August, Mallorca and Espanyol reached an agreement over the finalisation of Vicente Moreno's contract for a sum over €500,000.

On 6 August, the club announced that Luis García Plaza would be the new head coach until June 2022

### September

On 9 September, Brian Oliván joined Mallorca on a free transfer after reaching an agreement with Cádiz CF days before.

On 13 September, Mallorca started their season in a 0–1 home defeat to Rayo Vallecano from a second half winner from Isi

On 17 September, Mallorca and Sporting de Braga reached an agreement for the loan of Murilo de Souza to the Spanish side for the rest of the season with an undisclosed option to buy. Mallorca also reached an agreement with forward Yannis Salibur over his contract termination, and later on, announced the transfer of Jordi Mboula from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.

On 20 September, Mallorca drew 0–0 away against Vicente Moreno's Espanyol.

On 27 September, Mallorca achieved their first win of the season in a 1–0 home victory against CE Sabadell, a late goal from Dani Rodríguez was enough for the Balearic side to claim victory.

On 28 September, Mallorca signed Braian Cufré from Vélez Sarsfield for €1,200,000. Mallorca will own 60% of the player's rights, in the event of achieving promotion, Mallorca must add an extra 20%. Additionally the Balearic club has the option to buy another 10%. The deal was agreed on 24 September, but his arrival was delayed by the lack of flights between Argentina and Spain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also announced that Mallorca had terminated Pablo Chavarría's contract.

### October

On 1 October, Mallorca terminated Sergio Moyita's contract.

On 3 October, Mallorca defeated Tenerife 2–0 at home. A goal from Martin Valjent and a penalty kick transformed by Dani Rodríguez helped them to claim victory.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Manolo Reina (captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Joan Sastre |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Brian Oliván |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Franco Russo |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Aleix Febas |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Giménez (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Salva Sevilla |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Abdón |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Murilo (on loan from Braga) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Lago Junior |
| 12 | MF | GHA | Iddrisu Baba |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Miquel Parera |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani Rodríguez |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Fran Gámez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Jordi Mboula |
| 17 | FW | MKD | Aleksandar Trajkovski |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Antonio Sánchez |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Braian Cufré |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Sedlar |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Antonio Raíllo (vice-captain) |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Marc Cardona (on loan from Osasuna) |
| 23 | FW | SEN | Amath Ndiaye (on loan from Getafe) |
| 24 | DF | SVK | Martin Valjent |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Koke Vegas (on loan from Levante) |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Carlos Quintana |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Iván Bravo |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Luka Romero |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Víctor Mollejo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |

## Transfers and loans

### Players in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | – | Bryan Reyna | Las Rozas CF | Loan Return | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | – | Sergio Moyita | R. Majadahonda | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | DF | – | Franco Russo | Ponferradina | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | MF | – | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | UD Las Palmas | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | MF | – | Antonio Sánchez | Mirandés | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | MF | – | Soichkov | Alcorcón | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Álex Alegría | Extremadura | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Álex López | Extremadura | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Sergio Buenacasa | Málaga | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Igor Zlatanović | Numancia | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Enzo Lombardo | Racing | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Pablo Valcarce | Ponferradina | Loan Return | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Carlos Castro | Lugo | Loan Return | |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | – | Pierre Cornud | UD Ibiza-Eivissa | Loan Return | |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | – | Brian Oliván | Cádiz | Free transfer | |
| 17 September 2020 | MF | – | Murilo Costa | Sporting de Braga | Loan | |
| 17 September 2020 | FW | – | Jordi Mboula | Monaco | Undisclosed | |
| 27 September 2020 | DF | – | Braian Cufré | Vélez Sarsfield | €1,200,000 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | €1,200,000 | €1,200,000 |

* ↑ Cádiz will keep 15% of any future sale.
* ↑ Deal agreed 24 September 2020.
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €1,600,000.
* ↑ Vélez Sarsfield will keep 10%-40% of any future sale.

### Players Out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | – | Abdul Rahman Baba | Chelsea | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | 18 | Leonardo Koutris | Olympiacos | Loan return | |
| 20 July 2020 | GK | 13 | Fabri | Fulham | Loan return | |
| 20 July 2020 | DF | 3 | Lumor Agbenyenu | Sporting | Loan return | |
| 20 July 2020 | DF | 7 | Alejandro Pozo | Sevilla | Loan return | |
| 20 July 2020 | MF | 10 | Ki Sung-yueng | FC Seoul | Released | |
| 20 July 2020 | MF | 26 | Takefusa Kubo | Real Madrid | Loan return | |
| 20 July 2020 | MF | 29 | Cucho Hernández | Watford | Loan return | |
| 21 July 2020 | DF | 5 | Xisco Campos | Pontevedra | Released | |
| 21 July 2020 | FW | – | Carlos Castro | | Released | |
| 12 August 2020 | MF | 6 | Marc Pedraza | FC Andorra | Free | |
| 15 August 2020 | DF | – | Pierre Cornud | Sabadell | Free | |
| 11 September 2020 | FW | – | Sergio Buenacasa | Hércules | Undisclosed | |
| 17 September 2020 | FW | 16 | Yannis Salibur | Karagümrük | Contract termination | |
| 28 September 2020 | FW | 19 | Pablo Chavarría | Málaga | Contract termination | |
| 1 October 2020 | FW | – | Sergio Moyita | Hércules CF | Contract termination | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | €0 | €0 |

### Loans Out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 August 2020 | End of season | MF | — | Josep Señé | Castellón | None |
| 14 September 2020 | End of season | FW | — | Pablo Valcarce | Ponferradina | None |
| 18 September 2020 | End of season | FW | — | Igor Zlatanović | Castellón | None |

### Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 13 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 057.14 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 6 January 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 056.82 |

Last updated: 30 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Espanyol (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 82 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Mallorca (P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 82 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Leganés | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Almería | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Girona | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |

* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Espanyol: 4, Mallorca: 1
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leganés: 4, Almería: 1

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 30 May 2021. Source: La Liga

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

## Squad statistics

### Appearances

    Last updated on 3 October 2020.

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Manolo Reina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | GK | | Miquel Parera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Joan Sastre | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | Brian Oliván | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Franco Russo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Fran Gámez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Braian Cufré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Aleksandar Sedlar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Antonio Raíllo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 24 | DF | | Martin Valjent | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | DF | | Carlos Quintana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Rafel Obrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Iván Bravo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | R. de Galarreta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Aleix Febas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Salva Sevilla | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | | Iddrisu Baba | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | | Dani Rodríguez | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | | Antonio Sánchez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Stoichkov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | | Luka Romero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | | Álex Alegría | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Abdón Prats | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | Murilo de Souza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Lago Junior | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | FW | | Jordi Mboula | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Ante Budimir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 3 October 2020

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Dani Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | 24 | Martin Valjent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Assists

    As of match played 3 October 2020

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | 23 | Stoichkov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | 3 | Brian Oliván | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 3 October 2020

| Rank | No. | Player | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Manolo Reina | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 | Miquel Parera | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 3 October 2020.

| No. | Pos. | Name | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Manolo Reina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Miquel Parera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Joan Sastre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Brian Oliván | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Franco Russo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Fran Gámez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Braian Cufré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Aleksandar Sedlar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Antonio Raíllo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Martin Valjent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Carlos Quintana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Rafel Obrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Iván Bravo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | R. de Galarreta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Aleix Febas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Salva Sevilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Iddrisu Baba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Dani Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Antonio Sánchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Stoichkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Luka Romero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Álex Alegría | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Abdón Prats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Lago Junior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Jordi Mboula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Ante Budimir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
